With the newest update to the Dragon*Con mobile app*, you now have the ability to share your schedule, status, and messages at the convention with your friends or other devices via the “Friends” function. Check it out:
Just in from the Parade director: Registration for the 2012 Dragon*Con Parade is now closed. The response has been amazing! All available space in the 2012 parade is now full. There will be no at-con signup again this year. Thanks to all who are going to make this another fantastic parade! If you have questions, please email the director of… Read more →
The overwhelming consensus among y’all is that the least fun ride at Dragon*Con is the waiting-in-line one (although some of you have managed to turn necessity into virtue by using the opportunity to do some prime people watching and socializing). If you have not preregistered and are paying on-site, here’s a tip for shortening the time you have to spend… Read more →
So we just got a question asking how convention attendees can keep track of all the Dragon*Con schedule changes. First, a little reminder: all programming currently in the mobile app is tentative as the convention continues to firm up programming and appearances for 2012. Now, onto the recap:
We had a meeting with the mobile app developers this afternoon. Here’s the run-down: For all app users:
This year’s official Dragon*Con charity is the Georgia Chapter of the ALS Association, which will receive all proceeds from this year’s charity auction and other charity events at Dragon*Con. The Charity Auction will be Sunday 10AM. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that usually attacks both upper and lower motor neurons and causes degeneration… Read more →
For folks confused about the MARTA Peachtree Center station escalator situation, MARTA has put together a map indicating which escalators will be out of service during Dragon*Con, with the Dragon*Con host hotels highlighted for your convenience:
Don’t miss the Silk Road Expo, a fan based performance exposition based on the arts of the Silk Road, featuring dance performances from the past and present, both historical and imagined. Sat 5:30PM, Hanover C-E (Hyatt). Open to applicants who wish to present art forms such as martial arts, puppetry, lion/dragon dance, and song and poetry from (or inspired by)… Read more →
